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KHC Dragons
Koninklijke Hockey Club Dragons, also known as KHC Dragons or simply Dragons, is a Belgian professional field hockey club based in Brasschaat, Antwerp Province. The club was founded in 1946. Since the end of the eighties the club competes in Belgium's first tier, Honour Division. History HC Dragons were founded on the 26th of October 1946 at Café Royal in Berchem. With only 11 members the club played recreational hockey in the Belgian lower divisions. Before moving in 1961 to the present location in Brasschaat the club played on different fields around Antwerp. The club's turning point came in 1981 when Jacques Daems became the president of the club. It was his ambition that the club should be one of the best in Belgium. A few years later the club installed its first artificial turf and promoted in 1988 to the Honour Division. A year later the women's team promoted to the Honour Division as well. In 1996 the club celebrated its 50th anniversary and changed its name to ''Koninkl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brasschaat
Brasschaat () is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Brasschaat proper. In November 2006, Brasschaat won the LivCom-Award 2006 for the most livable municipality in the world. History Origins The history of Brasschaat started with Celtic settlements. The Gallic tribe of the Belgae displaced them and were in turn conquered by the Romans, who built a major road in the area. After the Germanic invasions in the 3rd and 4th century, the whole region was Christianized. In the Middle Ages the little river Laar, flowing through the woods of the municipality, served as a natural bordermark between the Bishopric of Liège and the Bishopric of Cambrai. Middle Ages The first mention of ''Breesgata'', sometimes also spelt ''Brexgata'', dates from 1269. In 1482, a convent of nuns was founded here, traces of which can still be seen today. The village of Brasschaat be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (sports)
In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field. In either case, it is a position that indicates honor and respect from one's teammates – recognition as a leader by one's peers. In association football and cricket, a captain is also known as a skipper. Various sports have differing roles and responsibilities for team captains. Depending on the sport, team captains may be given the responsibility of interacting with game officials regarding application and interpretation of the rules. In many team sports, the captains represent their respective teams when the match official does the coin toss at the beginning of the game. The team captain, in some sports, is selected by the team coach, who may consider factors ranging from playing ability to leadership to serving as a good moral example to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Thys
Jeffrey Thys (born 14 April 1988, in Brasschaat) is a Belgian field hockey Player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ... in the men's tournament. References External links * 1988 births Living people Belgian male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Belgium People from Brasschaat KHC Dragons players Sportspeople from Antwerp Province {{Belgium-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier Reckinger
Xavier Reckinger (born 20 December 1983) is a Belgian international field hockey player and coach of the Germany women's national field hockey team. He played for Braxgata in Boom and is a defender. Before he played with the KHC Dragons. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, with the national team, he finished fifth in the men's tournament. Reckinger became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom. In January 2015 Xavier Reckinger was added to the coaching staff of the Red panthers. He has coached many players at club level that have made the national teams such as Felix Denayer, Jeffrey Thijs, Barbara Nelen, Aline Fobe, Judith Vandermeiren, Emilie Sinia, who all made the Olympics too. Reckinger is a Master in Trade Sciences (Lessius Hogeschool Lessius was a university college in Belgium named after the Jesuit economist Leonardus Lessius. It was founded in 2000 from the merger of two Catholic institutions of higher education in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loïck Luypaert
Loïck Fanny Luypaert (born 19 August 1991) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a defender for Braxgata and the Belgian national team. He combines his sports career with an educational program of Movement Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Club career Luypaert started playing hockey at Braxgata. Between 2007 and 2009, he was active in Royal Herakles HC, in 2009 he moved to the KHC Dragons. In 2011, he won the Golden Stick (in the category junior male players), a Belgian award for year's best field hockey player. In 2014, he transferred to Kampong in Utrecht. After one year, he returned to Braxgata. International career Luypaert became European champions with the Belgium U21 squad in 2012. He was selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics but was eventually omitted in the final selection. Luypaert became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom, Belgium. He was a part of the Belgian squad that won the 2018 Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Briels
Thomas Briels (born 23 August 1987) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Oranje-Rood. He played a total of 359 times for the Belgium national team from 2006 until 2021. Club career Briels started playing at Dragons when he was around five years old. In 2008, he signed a contract with the Dutch club Oranje Zwart in Eindhoven. He left Oranje Zwart in 2015 to return to Dragons. He returned to Eindhoven in 2018, when he signed for Oranje-Rood. International career Briels plays for the national team, for whom he had gathered 84 caps by 2009. In 2007 he qualified with Belgium for the 2008 Olympic tournament in Beijing where they would end up ninth. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament where they eventually finished fifth. With Belgium he became European vice-champion at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom. At the 2016 Olympics, he was part of the Belgian team w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuela Vilar Del Valle
Manuela Vilar de Valle Dupuy (born 25 March 1994) is a Uruguayan field hockey player. Career Club level At club level, Manuela Vilar plays for Dutch club HC MOP. In the eventually cancelled 2019–20 season, Vilar played for Oranje-Rood in the Hoofdklasse, the Netherlands' top national league. She also previously played for River Plate in Argentina. National level Under–21 Vilar made her debut for the Uruguayan U–21 team in 2012 at the Pan American Junior Championship in Guadalajara. Senior team As well as making her junior debut in 2012, Vilar also debuted for Las Cimarronas late that year during the inaugural season of the FIH World League. She was a member of the team at the 2017 Pan American Cup in Lancaster. In 2019, she appeared at the FIH Series Finals in Hiroshima, and the Pan American Games in Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimena Cedrés
María Jimena Cedrés Lobbosco (born 30 April 1992) is an Argentine field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ... player. At the 2014 Champions Trophy she won her first gold medal with the Argentina national team in an international tournament. Jimena also won the 2014–2015 World League and the 2016 Champions Trophy. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cedres, Jimena Living people Las Leonas players Argentine female field hockey players 1993 births Field hockey players at the 2015 Pan American Games Field hockey players from Buenos Aires Field hockey players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in field hockey South American Games gold medalists for Argent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delphine Marien
Daphne-Delphine Marien (born 27 March 2002) is a Belgian field hockey player. Career Domestic hockey In Belgium's domestic league, the ION Hockey League, Marien represents KHC Dragons. Under–21 In 2022, Marien was a member of the Belgium U–21 team that won silver at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Ghent. National team Marien made her senior international debut in 2021, during season three of the FIH Pro League FIH Pro League may refer to: *Men's FIH Pro League, a tournament in men's field hockey *Women's FIH Pro League The Women's FIH Pro League is an international women's field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (F .... International goals References External links * 2002 births Living people Belgian female field hockey players Female field hockey midfielders KHC Dragons players {{Belgium-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abigail Raye
Abigail Raye (born 17 May 1991) is a British field hockey player. Career Raye won bronze medals at the 2013 Women's Pan American Cup and at the 2015 Pan American Games. She also participated at the 2009 Women's Pan American Cup, the 2011 Pan American Games, the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games She later moved to Belgium and represented them since the 2019 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship The 2019 Women's EuroHockey Championship was the 14th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international women's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held alongsi .... Personal life Raye became a Canadian citizen in 2009 after emigrating from the United Kingdom in December 2005. References 1991 births Living people Canadian female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2011 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Magis
Valerie Maria Henriette Magis (born 29 March 1992) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a defender for Belgian club Dragons. Career Club Valerie Magis played her club hockey for HC Oranje-Rood in the Dutch Hoofdklasse, the top national league until 2019. In 2019 she left the Netherlands to play for Dragons in Belgium. National team Magis made her international debut in 2011, in a test match against South Africa. Following her debut, Magis was left out of the team in 2012, and returned in 2013 at the 2012–13 Hockey World League Semi-finals in Rotterdam, Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl .... Magis medalled at three tournaments, winning bronze at the 2013 EuroHockey Championships and 2014 Champions Trophy, and silver at the 2015 EuroHockey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
